Prayers

Heavenly Father, as we gather in prayer, we ask for the guidance and inspiration of our school patron, St Edmund, who led a life based on Gospel values and the belief in the power of God.

We pray that like Edmund, each of us will personally come to believe that, “I can do all things with the help of God who strengthens me” (Philippians 4:13) and that together our school community may grow ever closer to you and to one another.

May our school be a place that reaches out to the wider community and is mindful of the environment around us.

We pray in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.

Amen

P.E. Department - KS4 - GCSE PE Information

Approach to Teaching

We aim to provide a stimulating and comfortable learning environment that encourages students to take risks, discover artistic strengths and express themselves visually with confidence and individuality.

We equip students with a broad range of practical artistic skills necessary for them to be independent and solve their own challenges.

Key Stage 4 content (Year 10-11)

GCSE, BTEC, CORE PE

GCSE Full Course (Optional)

Pupils who take the Full course GCSE in PE have to opportunity to enhance their sporting knowledge and ability, and their theoretical understanding of the course.

The GCSE is made up of three elements; Practical, Theory and Coursework.

The Practical element is worth 50% of the course and consists of the pupils being assessed in 4 sports. These sports are chosen from a variety of sports taught in lesson time at St Edmunds and sports that pupils can offer outside of curriculum time. The range of sports that Edexcel allow is broad, ranging from Football to Trekking. The practical element of the subject also allows pupils to be assessed in their officiating or coaching ability, and this can be added to one of their four chosen sports.

The theory element of the GCSE consists of a full Edexcel syllabus with an exam that lasts 1 hour and 30 minutes. The GCSE paper is made up of multiple choice questions, sentenced answers and full essay questions.

The Coursework is broken down into two main sections; Creation of a Personal Exercise Plan and Analysis of Performance. The PEP is a word processed project based on improving weaknesses relating to a sport, and the AOP is a verbal interview where pupils must talk about their PEP and a sport.

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